[…]intend to stay there until they can deliver a letter outlining their demands to one of the senior finance ministers. The main aim of the National Students Action Group, an offshoot of the national student movement, is to stage demonstrations and direct actions to directly tackle Government on the student cost-of-living crisis. In the letter, which is attached, they say: “We can no longer afford to be quiet about the terrible conditions currently impacting students and staff that are breaking the futures of Ireland’s youth, so we are speaking out.” The six main demands are: Permanent funding to bring student counselling […]
[…]on-campus, and affordable student accommodation, but said he did not have the power over the finances to make these changes. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Zaid Al-Barghouthi said: “USI notes the election of Simon Harris as Taoiseach today, and while we will continue to call for an immediate general election, we will be watching closely to see where the new Taoiseach’s priorities lie when it comes to higher education in Ireland. It is time for Taoiseach Harris to put the Government’s money where its mouth is in relation to student issues. Beyond urgent action is needed on the student accommodation […]
[…]resign as leader of the Government, the people should be given the chance to say who they want to run the country. The students we represent have been left struggling by this Government, with students sleeping in cars, on sofas, dropping out, or working full-time jobs along with studying, because of the cost of accommodation and going to college. And so, USI completely refutes Taoiseach Varadkar’s assertion that the economy and society is in a good place or that we are out of the cost-of-living crisis. However, if there is no general election and Fine Gael is simply allowed to […]
[…]are unable to afford groceries and are quitting life-long careers in academia.” Commenting on today’s action, USI President, Chris Clifford said: “USI is proud to support and stand with TCDSU today as they express their absolute anger at the crisis students are facing. We were glad to hear the announcement that the Government agrees with having a policy of public funding for student accommodation. But we are utterly disappointed when ‘a new strategy announcement’ proved to be just Government re-announcing the same policies and funding amounts and not publishing a student accommodation strategy, which is the only way for us […]
[…]that such legislation would put homeowners off renting out rooms in their homes. However, this research shows that most homeowners feel more secure having an agreement, and the lack of legislation simply allows more malign homeowners a free reign to do whatever they when renting out a room to students or others. With the ability to make €14,000 on offer, there should be some basic rules and requirements, to stop people being evicted or having their rent increased without any notice or discussion. Digs should also be brought into the scope of Rent Pressure Zone Legislation, which USI worked on in […]
